Changes after Reconstruction

After reconstruction, the gradual disregard of the building began. Thus the station was decoupled bit-by-bit from the urban landscape by a series of changes. The station square became a traffic lane, and the axis of Koenigstrasse was interrupted by a new road-layout, with the result that the building became an island. The installation of trendy light-metal doors and inappropriate plastic or aluminium windows with no sash-bars perforates the aesthetic closeness of the facades, as do different fixtures, kiosks and rampant advertising in the interior. The original spatial effect can now only be experienced in historical photos.

Even 21 years after the station was listed as a monument (in 1987) in accordance with paragraph 12 of the Monument Protection Law as a cultural monument of special significance (Stuttgart´s Weissenhofsiedlung is also rated in this top category), no comprehensive survey exists, nor is there an overall creative concept.
 

Inappropriate: trendy light-metal door

At the north exit, the tasteless descent to the Klettpassage robs the station of its front end
 

Cheap: the furnished pillar-hall
 

Crossing paths: the canopy cuts insensitively into the window openings

Ruinous: Neglect of normal upkeep measures is leading to the dilapidation of the building substance at platform 16

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